Method and device for transporting and rotating stacks of sheet-form print materials

US6890141B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Freund · Schorndorf, DE
• Alexander Hirsch · Rolling Meadows, US
• Harald Mauz · Wassertrüdingen, DE
• Albert Rieger · Geislingen an der Steige, DE
• Hans-Peter Wurschum · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2003
• Grant date: May 10, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2405/51
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and device for transporting and rotating sheet-form print material. A rotation unit carried on a transport unit is moveable along a carriage guide. A gripper on the rotation unit holds the sheet form print material. Mechanical interaction between the rotation unit and the carriage guide causes the gripper to rotate.